Rebirth of the scholarly lady

Chapter 562
"Let's get down to business, I'm here today as an envoy of the Great Qin Dynasty to show my goodwill to you. The carriage downstairs is full of Carolingian spices and essential oils. It's a gift I brought to Princess Ruiherou of the Tiansheng Dynasty." Ya resumed With an elegant appearance, he said politely: "You should know that as an envoy, what I give you represents politics. Your decision will affect the relationship between the two countries."

"The kindness is hard to turn down, I won't refuse it." Nan Surou showed no emotion on her face.

Ya leisurely smiled, without saying much, she walked to the door and ordered the attendants who were guarding outside to go downstairs to get the goods.

But after a while, boxes of mahogany boxes were lifted up. These boxes were exquisitely carved, inlaid with colorful glass, and there was a little angel made of silver standing on the top.

Nan Surou only glanced at it. These carefully carved and exquisitely crafted boxes are already expensive, and the things inside can be known for their value without looking at them.

Nan Surou smiled softly: "Thank you for the kindness of the Great Qin envoy. These boxes alone are already worth a lot of money. I don't know the difference between the spices in them and those of the Heavenly Sacred Dynasty."

Ya waved his hand and asked the person who brought the box to open the box, and they opened the box and left.

Inside the opened box are various kinds of face powders of different colors, essential oils in transparent bottles, and blocks of powder cakes with patterns carved on them. The fragrance pervades the whole room, which is different from ordinary Daqin cosmetics. Same.

After being entangled by Ya for a while, Nan Surou spent a long time understanding everything about Daqin. She understands very well that even Daqin's aristocratic and beautiful women may not have the opportunity to enjoy these things in front of her.

Ya is not what he used to be now, and he has been dealing with those stupid courtiers of the Great Qin all year round, so he is also a wink.

Nan Surou's flashing expression just now was captured by him keenly, and he smiled lightly, "This is carefully prepared by me, even the upper class nobles of the Great Qin Dynasty can't enjoy such things."

Nan Surou smiled and said: "It's a pity, I don't often use face powder, even rouge water powder, I rarely use it, and I will disappoint your kindness." Then, Nan Surou raised her eyes and said: "Since you have been in contact with These things should be very clear, I haven't even powdered them yet."

Ya narrowed her eyes slightly, "I was negligent, I didn't know your preferences, but the Princess is still young, it's normal not to use these things, in a few years, maybe you will like these things. "

Ya originally thought that all women love beauty, and women who love beauty are interested in makeup, and women who are interested in makeup must be interested in makeup items. In order to give these items, Ya made a lot of preparations.

But now it seems that Nan Surou is not interested in this kind of thing, but what does her flash of emotion just now represent?

Nan Surou chuckled, and said: "These things have a shelf life. In a few years, I won't dare to use them anymore. Who knows if they will become ugly after using the spoiled things? So, these fragrances Fan, I'm afraid I won't be able to wait until I grow up."

The corner of Ya's lips twitched, and she said, "These powders of mine are not just used for makeup, they can also be used as lavender materials, although such use is too extravagant and wasteful."

It's no fun to continue to make things difficult, Nan Surou is just telling the truth.

Nan Surou didn't worry about sending the powder to the wrong person anymore, but said with a smile: "I don't know how to make this powder?"

Ya raised her eyes and asked in doubt: "How do you know that I sent someone to do it?"

"I understand Daqin's culture, and I know a thing or two about it." Nan Surou replied, "Many of Daqin's cosmetics can cause death."

Ya frowned and said: "That's right, because the raw materials of those cosmetics contain lead powder, and the powder containing that kind of thing is the cheapest powder in Tiansheng Dynasty."

"If I'm not mistaken, none of the incense powder you sent is made of lead." Nan Surou laughed.

"The cheapest powder here is ground into powder after being exposed to the sun in the Tiansheng Dynasty, then filtered into powder with a filter, and then mixed with powder made from dried flower petals, even if it is cheap , also crystal clear and delicate." Ya said in a low voice, he was still thinking about what Nan Surou was thinking.

Nan Surou nodded, and said: "If you use lead powder, the texture is fine, it will whiten the skin in a short time after use, and the storage time is longer, and it will not deteriorate for several years."

But lead powder is harmful in the end. Although it is more delicate than rice flour, it is not easy to deteriorate.

"Among the incense powders I brought, in addition to using Tiansheng pilgrimage rice as raw materials, there are also sea mud, pearl powder, and corn flour, which are carefully crafted and of higher value. There are also some incense powders that are mixed with beneficial medicines , are all recipes recorded in ancient books from various countries, and I took some of them and sent someone to make them." Ya chuckled and said, "Lead powder is harmful after all, so naturally I can't send you such inferior products."

Nan Surou nodded and said: "You really have a heart, I will gladly accept it."

"Then, will you put these things in the rouge shop under your command and sell them at a high price?" The corners of Ya's lips curled up slightly, instantly thinking of this possibility, Nan Surou loves money, loves money very much.

"So you still remember." Nan Surou also smiled.

"I remember you always said that you should pay money first before making friends. You need to pay a hundred taels of gold for a meeting, and a thousand taels of silver for a conversation. Asking for a token is even more expensive." Ya couldn't help showing a dumbfounding expression, "Fortunately, I There was no money at the time, otherwise I would have done such a stupid thing, but I found out later that you just despised me for being dirty, so you deliberately made things difficult for me."

At the beginning, Ya was chasing after Nan Surou like a lunatic, Nan Surou always felt that he had some brain problems, and he was too unhygienic, which made Nan Surou intolerable.

But later, Nan Surou found out that in the situation of Yana, she was considered a very gentleman in Daqin, and the people of Daqin didn't care about cleanliness very much, the most obvious manifestations were in two points.

First, Daqin people don't like to take a bath;

Second, the people of Daqin like to throw or litter feces, urine and garbage. When you go to a big city, it is difficult to find a hut.

Therefore, the Black Death and cholera broke out frequently in Daqin. Even the aristocrats lived a life of basically not bathing and urinating indiscriminately. Note that urinating indiscriminately, even the aristocrats, did not care about it at all. Dirty and luxurious clothes, the huge palace doesn’t even have a latrine, and some people have to urinate at the banquet, and the noble lady can only solve it on the spot beside the stone steps at the door.

Nan Surou had confirmed this matter with Kanehu, Daqin is such a country that does not pay attention to hygiene.

Kane Hu once said frankly that the streets of Daqin, the smell of daily life is unbearable, and perfumes and spices are widely used to alleviate these smells.

(End of this chapter)